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- the present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium, and in particular to a perpendicular magnetic recording medium for use in any of various magnetic recording devices such as an external storage device for a computer.
- the perpendicular magnetic recording method is attracting attention as an alternative to the conventional longitudinal magnetic recording method. This is because, compared with the conventional longitudinal magnetic recording method, the perpendicular magnetic recording method has advantages in that there is high thermal stability at a high recording density, and writing can be carried out sufficiently even with a recording medium having a high coercivity, and hence the recording density limit for the longitudinal magnetic recording method can be exceeded.
- the magnetic recording layer used in such a perpendicular magnetic recording medium is thus required to have a high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant (K u value).
- K u value of the magnetic recording layer in perpendicular magnetic recording media currently being studied is approximately at least 1 ⁇ 10 6 erg/cm 3 .
- H k the magnitude of magnetic field required to reverse the magnetization
- H k the saturation magnetization M s and the K u value
- the average magnetization reversal field which is called the coercivity H c
- H c the average magnetization reversal field
- K u V/k B T is generally used as an indicator of thermal fluctuation, but this assumes that an external magnetic field is not being applied; an indicator of thermal fluctuation when a magnetic field H is being applied uses the energy barrier E described above, and is thus K u V (1 ⁇ H/H k ) 2 /k B T.
- perpendicular magnetic recording media the aim of which is, out of the above three factors, to both improve the SNR and make the magnetization thermally stable, there have been proposed perpendicular magnetic recording media having so-called functionally separated type magnetic recording layers in which a plurality of magnetic recording layers having different K u values are formed on top of one another (see, for example Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 11-296833 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2000-76636).
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 11-296833 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2000-76636 relate to simultaneously improving the SNR and making the magnetization thermally stable, but no consideration is given to the ease of writing with a magnetic head.
- the magnetic recording layer comprises a low K u layer having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant K u of not more than 1 ⁇ 10 5 erg/cm 3 , and a high K u layer having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant K u of at least 1 ⁇ 10 6 erg/cm 3 .
- both the thermal stability of the magnetization can be improved and writing with a magnetic head can be made easy. Following is an account of this effect. It is hypothesized that in the magnetic recording layer having the two-layer structure comprising the low K u layer and the high K u layer, magnetic coupling of the magnetization occurs in the thickness direction, and hence magnetization reversal occurs all at once.
- the value of V can be regarded as being the volume for the film structure as a whole, and hence the value of K u V for the layered film structure as a whole is greater than the value of K u V in the case of only a high K u region.
- the H k value decreases as described above, and hence provided the externally applied magnetic field H is relatively low, the extent of the decrease in the energy barrier can be kept down. That is, it becomes easy to produce a medium according to which both the stability of the magnetization is good and writing with a magnetic head is easy. Note that a detailed quantitative description will be given later.
- the high K u layer comprises an alloy thin film having Co as a principal component thereof with at least Pt added thereto and having a hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystal structure, and a preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane of the high K u layer is made to be the (002) plane (claim 2 ).
- the high K u layer comprises a layered film in which layers of a Co alloy and an alloy having Pt or Pd as a principal component thereof each having a thickness of not more than 2 nm are formed alternately, and a preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane of the high K u layer is made to be the (111) plane.
- the invention of claim 4 described below is preferable. That is, preferably, in the case of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to any one of claims 1 through 3 described above, the high K u layer comprises crystal grains made of a ferromagnetic metal and nonmagnetic grain boundaries magnetically isolating the crystal grains from one another, and the nonmagnetic grain boundaries contain a nonmagnetic oxide as a principal component thereof (claim 4 ).
- the low K u layer comprises a metal or alloy thin film having a face centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure, and a preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane of the low K u layer is made to be the (111) plane (claim 5 ).
- fcc face centered cubic
- the low K u layer comprises crystal grains made of a ferromagnetic metal and nonmagnetic grain boundaries magnetically isolating the crystal grains from one another, and the nonmagnetic grain boundaries contain a nonmagnetic oxide as a principal component thereof (claim 6 ).
- This invention is preferable from the viewpoint of improving the SNR.
- a plurality of magnetic recording layers having different K u values to one another are formed on top of one another so that magnetization reversal is made to occur all at once; however, in the case that the saturation magnetization M s values of the magnetic recording layers greatly differ from one another, magnetic field leakage will occur at the interface, and this will act as a demagnetizing field, resulting in magnetization reversal occurring more readily than necessary. From the viewpoint of preventing this, the invention of claim 7 described below is preferable.
- the ratio of the saturation magnetization M s of the low K u layer to the saturation magnetization M s of the high K u layer is in a range of 0.8 to 1.2 (claim 7 ).
- a perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to which the thermal stability of the magnetization is improved, and the ease of writing with a magnetic head is improved, in particular the overwrite characteristic, described below, is improved, and moreover the SNR is improved.
- ‘Overwriting’ is writing a new signal over an originally recorded signal without erasing the originally recorded signal.
- the overwrite characteristic generally represents the overwriting performance in terms of the degree of decay of the original signal after overwriting the original signal with a subsequent signal. Details will be given later.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a graph showing changes with the low K u region thickness in the coercivity H c value, according to examples of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing changes with the low K u region thickness in the decay rate of the remanent magnetization M r with the logarithm of time, according to examples of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing the dependence of an overwrite characteristic value on the low K u region K u value, according to examples of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the perpendicular magnetic recording medium of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 has a structure in which at least a nonmagnetic underlayer 2 , a magnetic recording layer 3 , and a protective film (protective layer) 4 are formed in this order on a nonmagnetic substrate 1 . Note, however, that the effects of the present invention will still be obtained even if a seed layer or the like for controlling the crystal orientation and the crystal grain diameter of the nonmagnetic underlayer 2 is provided between the nonmagnetic underlayer 2 and the nonmagnetic substrate 1 .
- a relatively thick (thickness approximately several hundred nm) soft magnetic layer generally called a backing layer for improving the read-write sensitivity is provided between the nonmagnetic underlayer 2 and the nonmagnetic substrate 1 .
- a liquid lubricant such as a perfluoropolyether may be applied onto the protective film 4 .
- nonmagnetic substrate 1 for example a crystallized glass, a chemically strengthened glass, or an Al alloy with plated NiP layer as used with ordinary magnetic recording media can be used.
- the nonmagnetic underlayer 2 is used to suitably control the crystal grain diameter, the grain boundary segregation structure and the crystal orientation of the magnetic recording layer 3 formed thereon.
- the material and thickness of the nonmagnetic underlayer 2 There are no particular limitations on the material and thickness of the nonmagnetic underlayer 2 .
- a thin film of thickness approximately 3 to 30 nm made of a Co alloy containing at least approximately 30 at % of Cr, or a metal such as Ti, Ru, Pt, or an alloy containing Ti, Ru, Pt or the like can be used.
- the protective film 4 for example a thin film comprising mainly carbon can be used.
- the magnetic recording layer 3 comprises a low K u region 31 layer having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant (K u value) of not more than 1 ⁇ 10 5 erg/cm 3 , and a high K u region 32 layer having a K u value of at least 1 ⁇ 10 6 erg/cm 3 .
- K u value perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant
- the order of forming the low K u region 31 and the high K u region 32 there are no particular limitations on the order of forming the low K u region 31 and the high K u region 32 , but, for the purpose of efficiently applying a magnetic field produced by a magnetic head to the high K u region 32 , it is preferable to form the low K u region 31 and the high K u region 32 on the nonmagnetic underlayer 2 in this order, as shown in FIG. 1 .
- the total thickness of the magnetic recording layer is not appropriate for the total thickness of the magnetic recording layer to exceed 30 nm, since then it will become difficult for magnetization reversal to occur all at once in the thickness direction.
- the total thickness is preferably thinner at not more than 15 nm.
- a perpendicular magnetic recording medium with a layer structure as described above suitable for increased recording density as the high K u region 32 , as described earlier, it is preferable to use an alloy thin film having Co as a principal component thereof with at least Pt added thereto and having a hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystal structure, and make the preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane be the (002) plane, or else use a layered film in which layers of a Co alloy and an alloy having Pt or Pd as a principal component thereof each having a thickness of not more than approximately 2 nm are formed alternately, and make the preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane be the (111) plane.
- an alloy thin film having Co as a principal component thereof with at least Pt added thereto and having a hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystal structure and make the preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane be the (002) plane, or else use a layered film in which layers of a Co alloy and an alloy having Pt or P
- nonmagnetic grain boundaries comprising mainly an oxide as described earlier is preferable for effectively reducing magnetic interactions between the crystal grains and thus improving the SNR.
- the nonmagnetic oxide for example publicly known SiO 2 , or else Cr 2 O 3 , MgO, ZrO 2 or the like can be used.
- the low K u region 31 it is preferable to use a metal or alloy having a face centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure, and make the preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane be the (111) plane.
- the crystal orientation when forming the high K u region 32 thereon can be suitably controlled.
- the material used for the low K u region 31 but for example a thin film of an NiFe alloy containing 40 to 90 at % of Ni, or such an NiFe alloy having up to 10 at % of Nb, Mo, Cu or the like added thereto is suitable.
- nonmagnetic grain boundaries comprising mainly an oxide.
- a plurality of magnetic recording layer regions having different K u values to one another are formed on top of one another so that magnetization reversal is made to occur all at once; however, in the case that the saturation magnetization M s values of the magnetic recording layer regions greatly differ from one another, magnetic flux leakage will occur at the interface, and hence to prevent this, it is preferable to make the ratio between the M s values of the magnetic recording layer regions be within a range of 0.8 to 1.2.
- this substrate was washed, and was then put into a sputtering apparatus, and a nonmagnetic underlayer made of Ru of thickness 20 nm was formed using DC magnetron sputtering under an Ar gas pressure of 2.66 Pa (20 mTorr).
- the Ar gas pressure was set to 0.67 Pa (5 mTorr), and using a target of 90 mol % (78Ni-18Fe-4Mo) and 10 mol % SiO 2 (the figures in the brackets are at %, likewise hereinafter), a low K u region was formed using RF magnetron sputtering.
- the thickness thereof was varied within a range of 0 to 10 nm.
- a high K u region was formed using RF magnetron sputtering.
- the thickness thereof was varied within a range of 5 to 20 nm.
- a 10 nm-thick carbon protective layer was formed using DC magnetron sputtering, and then the substrate was removed from the vacuum, whereby a magnetic recording medium having a constitution as shown in FIG. 1 was produced.
- the K u values determined using a magnetic torque meter and correcting for the demagnetizing field energy were 2 ⁇ 10 4 erg/cm 3 and 4 ⁇ 10 6 erg/cm 3 respectively.
- FIG. 2 is a graph showing the changes with the thickness of the low K u region in the coercivity H c value measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer while applying a magnetic field in the direction perpendicular to the film plane for each of the perpendicular magnetic recording media produced.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the changes with the thickness of the low K u region in the decay rate of the remanent magnetization M r with the logarithm of time in a state in which the magnetic field has been set to zero after magnetically saturating by applying a magnetic field of 20 kOe in the direction perpendicular to the film plane for each of the perpendicular magnetic recording media produced. Note that the time period over which measurement was continued was 30 minutes. Moreover, in FIGS. 2 and 3 , the data is plotted for three high K u region thicknesses, that is 5 nm, 10 nm and 20 nm.
- the value of the coercivity H c decreases as the thickness of the low K u region (nm) increases. This shows that upon increasing the proportion of the magnetic recording layer taken up by the low K u region, H c of the magnetic recording layer as a whole decreases, and hence writing with a magnetic head becomes easier.
- the decay rate of the remanent magnetization generally first decreases as the thickness of the low K u region increases from 0 to approximately 5 nm, although this does depend on the thickness of the high K u region. This is because K u V for the film as a whole increases in accordance with the increase in the thickness of the low K u layer, and this corresponds to the thermal stability increasing. If the thickness of the low K u region is further increased, then the contribution of the low K u region increases, and hence the decay rate again increases, but combining with the results of FIG.
- the present example relates to verifying the overwrite characteristic for magnetic recording media of the present invention.
- Magnetic recording media having a constitution as shown in FIG. 1 were produced as in Example 1, except that the thickness of the low K u region was fixed at 2.5 nm and the thickness of the high K u region was fixed at 10 nm, and the composition of the target used when forming the low K u region was made to be any of five types (A to E) as shown in Table 1 below. Furthermore, after each medium had been removed from the vacuum, 2 nm of a liquid lubricant comprising a perfluoropolyether was applied thereon by spin coating.
- FIG. 4 shows the dependence of the overwrite characteristic value for the magnetic recording media produced (the five media A to E in Table 1) on the K u value of the low K u region.
- the overwrite characteristic a 300 kFCI signal was initially written using a spin stand tester and a perpendicular magnetic recording single pole type head (written track width 0.25 ⁇ m), a 40 kFCI signal was then written thereover, and then the overwrite characteristic was determined as the ratio (in dB) between the 40 kFCI signal component and the remaining 300 kFCI signal component out of the frequency components of the playback signal as measured using a spectrum analyzer. The larger the value of the overwrite characteristic, the less the original signal remains.
- FCI is an abbreviation for ‘flux changes per inch’ and is an amount showing the number of magnetic flux changes per inch, i.e. the recording density of written bits in the track direction.
- ‘1.E+05’ on the horizontal axis in FIG. 4 means ‘1 ⁇ 10 5 ’.
- the overwrite characteristic reaches 40 dB, which is level at which there is no problem for practical use, whereas if the K u value is greater than this, then the overwrite characteristic deteriorates, meaning that there will be problems in terms of writing characteristics.
- the decay rate of the remanent magnetization M r with the logarithm of time in a state in which the magnetic field has been set to zero after magnetically saturating by applying a magnetic field of 20 kOe in the direction perpendicular to the film plane of the medium was less than 1%.
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- This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11/032,691 filed 10 Jan. 2005, the entire contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium, and in particular to a perpendicular magnetic recording medium for use in any of various magnetic recording devices such as an external storage device for a computer.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- To increase recording density in magnetic recording, the perpendicular magnetic recording method is attracting attention as an alternative to the conventional longitudinal magnetic recording method. This is because, compared with the conventional longitudinal magnetic recording method, the perpendicular magnetic recording method has advantages in that there is high thermal stability at a high recording density, and writing can be carried out sufficiently even with a recording medium having a high coercivity, and hence the recording density limit for the longitudinal magnetic recording method can be exceeded.
- With a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, to record information with the direction of magnetization being perpendicular to the film plane of the magnetic recording layer, the magnetization must be stably maintained in the direction perpendicular to the film plane. The magnetic recording layer used in such a perpendicular magnetic recording medium is thus required to have a high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant (Ku value). The Ku value of the magnetic recording layer in perpendicular magnetic recording media currently being studied is approximately at least 1×106 erg/cm3.
- With magnetic grains having uniaxial magnetic anisotropy, the magnitude of magnetic field required to reverse the magnetization is called the anisotropy field Hk, and in general Hk is expressed in terms of the saturation magnetization Ms and the Ku value as Hk=2Ku/Ms. To bring about magnetization reversal, a magnetic field greater than Hk is required, and this value is proportional to the Ku value. With a magnetic recording medium, if Hk is too high, then magnetization reversal upon writing using a magnetic head will thus be insufficient, and hence proper operation will no longer be possible; a suitably moderate Hk value is thus required.
- With a magnetic recording medium which is an aggregate of magnetic grains, the average magnetization reversal field, which is called the coercivity Hc, is determined by the distribution of the axes of easy magnetization and the Hk values of the individual magnetic grains, and the strength of magnetic interactions between the magnetic grains and so on. In the case that magnetic interactions between the magnetic grains are small, the Hc value approaches the Hk value.
- Moreover, the energy barrier E that must be surmounted to reverse the magnetization is given by E=KuV(1−H/Hk)2, where H is the magnetic field applied in the direction of the axis of easy magnetization, and V is the grain volume. If this energy barrier E is not sufficiently high relative to the thermal energy kBT (kB is Boltzman's constant, T is the absolute temperature), then the magnetization will reverse under the influence of thermal energy. This is called thermal fluctuation (or thermal disturbance) of the magnetization, and implies loss of information on the magnetic recording medium; the value of KuV, which determines the energy barrier E, must thus be kept relatively high. Moreover, even if thermal fluctuation of the magnetization does not lead to loss of information, thermal fluctuation will surface as medium noise called reverse magnetic domain noise caused by partial reversal of recorded bits.
- Note that KuV/kBT is generally used as an indicator of thermal fluctuation, but this assumes that an external magnetic field is not being applied; an indicator of thermal fluctuation when a magnetic field H is being applied uses the energy barrier E described above, and is thus KuV (1−H/Hk)2/kBT.
- Furthermore, to reduce the medium noise and thus improve the quality of recorded information signals, i.e. to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), it is necessary to reduce the value of the activation grain size D=V/δ (here, δ is the thickness of the magnetic recording layer), i.e. make the units of magnetization reversal small. In the case that the units of magnetization reversal are small, minute recorded bits can be properly written, and hence the SNR is improved. Many studies have thus been carried out into reducing the value of D with perpendicular magnetic recording media. To reduce the value of D, it is effective to reduce the crystal grain diameter in the magnetic recording layer, and moreover reduce magnetic interactions between the crystal grains.
- From the above, when the value of D is lowered to improve the SNR, the value of V drops, and hence a high Ku value becomes necessary to maintain the value of the energy barrier E required to keep the magnetization stable. On the other hand, in the case that the Ku value is kept high, the Hk value increases, i.e. the magnetic field required to reverse the magnetization increases, and hence writing of information with a magnetic head becomes difficult. That is, with a magnetic recording medium, it is very difficult to satisfy all of 1) improving the SNR, 2) making the magnetization thermally stable (decreasing the reverse magnetic domain noise), and 3) making writing with a magnetic head easy, and there is a trade-off between these three factors.
- As perpendicular magnetic recording media the aim of which is, out of the above three factors, to both improve the SNR and make the magnetization thermally stable, there have been proposed perpendicular magnetic recording media having so-called functionally separated type magnetic recording layers in which a plurality of magnetic recording layers having different Ku values are formed on top of one another (see, for example Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 11-296833 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2000-76636).
- In Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 11-296833, it is disclosed that by forming on top of one another a layer of a region having a high Ku value so that the thermal stability of the magnetization is high (upper layer) and a layer of a region having a somewhat low Ku value so that magnetic interactions between the crystal grains are small and hence the SNR is high (lower layer), a medium having high thermal stability of the magnetization and a good SNR can be produced. Note that in an embodiment, it is disclosed that the Ku value of the upper layer is made to be 2.5×106 to 5×106 erg/cm3, and the Ku value of the lower layer is made to be 1×106 to 2.5×106 erg/cm3.
- Moreover, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2000-76636, a similar technical idea is disclosed, with it being disclosed that magnetic recording layers having different Ku values and crystal orientations are formed on top of one another, whereby similar effects are obtained.
- However, the matters disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 11-296833 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2000-76636 relate to simultaneously improving the SNR and making the magnetization thermally stable, but no consideration is given to the ease of writing with a magnetic head.
- With increasing recording densities, there is an ever strengthening need to maintain a high Ku value and reduce the D value so that small recorded bits can be stably maintained, and with such a medium, it is very important to secure ease of writing with a magnetic head.
- In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to which both the thermal stability of the magnetization is good and writing with a magnetic head is easy, and moreover the SNR is improved.
- The above object is attained as follows. That is, according to an invention of
claim 1, in the case of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising a nonmagnetic substrate, a nonmagnetic underlayer, a magnetic recording layer and a protective layer formed in this order on the nonmagnetic substrate, the magnetic recording layer comprises a low Ku layer having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant Ku of not more than 1×105 erg/cm3, and a high Ku layer having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant Ku of at least 1×106 erg/cm3. - According to this constitution, both the thermal stability of the magnetization can be improved and writing with a magnetic head can be made easy. Following is an account of this effect. It is hypothesized that in the magnetic recording layer having the two-layer structure comprising the low Ku layer and the high Ku layer, magnetic coupling of the magnetization occurs in the thickness direction, and hence magnetization reversal occurs all at once. As an approximation, if the Ku value of the low Ku layer is ignored, then the Ku value for the whole of the layered film structure decreases in accordance with the increase in the thickness, but the Ms value of the low Ku region is retained, and hence the Ms value for the film structure as a whole does not change greatly, and thus as is clear from the previously mentioned formula Hk=2Ku/Ms, the Hk value effectively decreases, and hence magnetization reversal becomes easy.
- On the other hand, considering the energy barrier E=KuV(1−H/Hk)2, the value of V can be regarded as being the volume for the film structure as a whole, and hence the value of KuV for the layered film structure as a whole is greater than the value of KuV in the case of only a high Ku region. Here, the Hk value decreases as described above, and hence provided the externally applied magnetic field H is relatively low, the extent of the decrease in the energy barrier can be kept down. That is, it becomes easy to produce a medium according to which both the stability of the magnetization is good and writing with a magnetic head is easy. Note that a detailed quantitative description will be given later.
- Moreover, as embodiments of the invention of
claim 1 described above, the inventions ofclaims 2 to 7 described below are preferable. That is, preferably, in the case of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium according toclaim 1 described above, the high Ku layer comprises an alloy thin film having Co as a principal component thereof with at least Pt added thereto and having a hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystal structure, and a preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane of the high Ku layer is made to be the (002) plane (claim 2). Alternatively, in the case of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium according toclaim 1 described above, the high Ku layer comprises a layered film in which layers of a Co alloy and an alloy having Pt or Pd as a principal component thereof each having a thickness of not more than 2 nm are formed alternately, and a preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane of the high Ku layer is made to be the (111) plane. - With the magnetic recording layer according to
claim 2 or claim 3, by suitably adjusting the composition and layer structure thereof, a high Ku value can be obtained, which is suitable for forming the high Ku layer. - Furthermore, from the viewpoint of effectively reducing magnetic interactions between the crystal grains and thus improving the SNR, the invention of
claim 4 described below is preferable. That is, preferably, in the case of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to any one ofclaims 1 through 3 described above, the high Ku layer comprises crystal grains made of a ferromagnetic metal and nonmagnetic grain boundaries magnetically isolating the crystal grains from one another, and the nonmagnetic grain boundaries contain a nonmagnetic oxide as a principal component thereof (claim 4). Note that to improve the SNR, with a CoPt-based magnetic recording layer having an hcp structure as in the invention ofclaim 2, there is also a method in which a nonmagnetic metal such as Cr, Ta or B is added so as to promote formation of nonmagnetic grain boundaries. - Moreover, as embodiments relating to the low Ku layer, the inventions of
claims claims 1 through 4 described above, the low Ku layer comprises a metal or alloy thin film having a face centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure, and a preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane of the low Ku layer is made to be the (111) plane (claim 5). By orienting the (111) plane of the fcc structure so as to be parallel to the film plane, the crystal orientation when forming the high Ku layer thereon can be suitably controlled. - Furthermore, preferably, in the case of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to any one of
claims 1 through 5 described above, the low Ku layer comprises crystal grains made of a ferromagnetic metal and nonmagnetic grain boundaries magnetically isolating the crystal grains from one another, and the nonmagnetic grain boundaries contain a nonmagnetic oxide as a principal component thereof (claim 6). This invention is preferable from the viewpoint of improving the SNR. - Furthermore, with the inventions described above, a plurality of magnetic recording layers having different Ku values to one another are formed on top of one another so that magnetization reversal is made to occur all at once; however, in the case that the saturation magnetization Ms values of the magnetic recording layers greatly differ from one another, magnetic field leakage will occur at the interface, and this will act as a demagnetizing field, resulting in magnetization reversal occurring more readily than necessary. From the viewpoint of preventing this, the invention of claim 7 described below is preferable. That is, preferably, in the case of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to any one of
claims 1 through 6 described above, the ratio of the saturation magnetization Ms of the low Ku layer to the saturation magnetization Ms of the high Ku layer is in a range of 0.8 to 1.2 (claim 7). - According to the present invention, there can be provided a perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to which the thermal stability of the magnetization is improved, and the ease of writing with a magnetic head is improved, in particular the overwrite characteristic, described below, is improved, and moreover the SNR is improved.
- ‘Overwriting’ is writing a new signal over an originally recorded signal without erasing the originally recorded signal. With a magnetic recording device, when overwriting data, an error may arise if the original data is not replaced by new data. The overwrite characteristic generally represents the overwriting performance in terms of the degree of decay of the original signal after overwriting the original signal with a subsequent signal. Details will be given later.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a graph showing changes with the low Ku region thickness in the coercivity Hc value, according to examples of the present invention; -
FIG. 3 is a graph showing changes with the low Ku region thickness in the decay rate of the remanent magnetization Mr with the logarithm of time, according to examples of the present invention; and -
FIG. 4 is a graph showing the dependence of an overwrite characteristic value on the low Ku region Ku value, according to examples of the present invention. - Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
FIG. 1 .FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention. - The perpendicular magnetic recording medium of the present invention shown in
FIG. 1 has a structure in which at least anonmagnetic underlayer 2, amagnetic recording layer 3, and a protective film (protective layer) 4 are formed in this order on anonmagnetic substrate 1. Note, however, that the effects of the present invention will still be obtained even if a seed layer or the like for controlling the crystal orientation and the crystal grain diameter of thenonmagnetic underlayer 2 is provided between thenonmagnetic underlayer 2 and thenonmagnetic substrate 1. Moreover, the effects of the present invention will also still be obtained even in the case that a relatively thick (thickness approximately several hundred nm) soft magnetic layer generally called a backing layer for improving the read-write sensitivity is provided between thenonmagnetic underlayer 2 and thenonmagnetic substrate 1. Furthermore, a liquid lubricant such as a perfluoropolyether may be applied onto theprotective film 4. - As the
nonmagnetic substrate 1, for example a crystallized glass, a chemically strengthened glass, or an Al alloy with plated NiP layer as used with ordinary magnetic recording media can be used. - The
nonmagnetic underlayer 2 is used to suitably control the crystal grain diameter, the grain boundary segregation structure and the crystal orientation of themagnetic recording layer 3 formed thereon. There are no particular limitations on the material and thickness of thenonmagnetic underlayer 2. For example, a thin film of thickness approximately 3 to 30 nm made of a Co alloy containing at least approximately 30 at % of Cr, or a metal such as Ti, Ru, Pt, or an alloy containing Ti, Ru, Pt or the like can be used. - As the
protective film 4, for example a thin film comprising mainly carbon can be used. - Next, a description will be given of the
magnetic recording layer 3. As described earlier, themagnetic recording layer 3 comprises a low Ku region 31 layer having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant (Ku value) of not more than 1×105 erg/cm3, and a high Ku region 32 layer having a Ku value of at least 1×106 erg/cm3. There are no particular limitations on the order of forming the low Ku region 31 and the high Ku region 32, but, for the purpose of efficiently applying a magnetic field produced by a magnetic head to the high Ku region 32, it is preferable to form the low Ku region 31 and the high Ku region 32 on thenonmagnetic underlayer 2 in this order, as shown inFIG. 1 . - There are no particular limitations on the thicknesses of the two regions, but it is not appropriate for the total thickness of the magnetic recording layer to exceed 30 nm, since then it will become difficult for magnetization reversal to occur all at once in the thickness direction. Furthermore, to apply the magnetic field produced by the magnetic head efficiently, the total thickness is preferably thinner at not more than 15 nm. By changing the ratio of the thicknesses of the low Ku region 31 and the high Ku region 32, the extent of the ease of magnetization reversal and the extent of the thermal stability of the magnetization can be controlled, and hence it is preferable to set this thickness ratio in accordance with the temperature and the magnetic head used.
- To obtain a perpendicular magnetic recording medium with a layer structure as described above suitable for increased recording density, as the high Ku region 32, as described earlier, it is preferable to use an alloy thin film having Co as a principal component thereof with at least Pt added thereto and having a hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystal structure, and make the preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane be the (002) plane, or else use a layered film in which layers of a Co alloy and an alloy having Pt or Pd as a principal component thereof each having a thickness of not more than approximately 2 nm are formed alternately, and make the preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane be the (111) plane.
- Moreover, to improve the SNR, with such a CoPt-based magnetic recording layer having an hcp structure, although there is also a method in which a nonmagnetic metal such as Cr, Ta or B is added so as to promote formation of nonmagnetic grain boundaries, forming nonmagnetic grain boundaries comprising mainly an oxide as described earlier is preferable for effectively reducing magnetic interactions between the crystal grains and thus improving the SNR. As the nonmagnetic oxide, for example publicly known SiO2, or else Cr2O3, MgO, ZrO2 or the like can be used.
- Furthermore, as the low Ku region 31, it is preferable to use a metal or alloy having a face centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure, and make the preferred crystal orientation plane that is parallel to the film plane be the (111) plane. By orienting the (111) plane of the fcc structure so as to be parallel to the film plane, the crystal orientation when forming the high Ku region 32 thereon can be suitably controlled. There are no particular limitations on the material used for the low Ku region 31, but for example a thin film of an NiFe alloy containing 40 to 90 at % of Ni, or such an NiFe alloy having up to 10 at % of Nb, Mo, Cu or the like added thereto is suitable.
- Here, for the low Ku region 31, reducing interactions between the crystal grains is again necessary for improving the SNR, and hence it is preferably to form nonmagnetic grain boundaries comprising mainly an oxide.
- Furthermore, in the present invention, a plurality of magnetic recording layer regions having different Ku values to one another are formed on top of one another so that magnetization reversal is made to occur all at once; however, in the case that the saturation magnetization Ms values of the magnetic recording layer regions greatly differ from one another, magnetic flux leakage will occur at the interface, and hence to prevent this, it is preferable to make the ratio between the Ms values of the magnetic recording layer regions be within a range of 0.8 to 1.2.
- Next, examples of the present invention will be described with reference to
FIGS. 2 to 4 . - Using a 2.5 inch disk-shaped chemically strengthened glass substrate as a nonmagnetic substrate, this substrate was washed, and was then put into a sputtering apparatus, and a nonmagnetic underlayer made of Ru of
thickness 20 nm was formed using DC magnetron sputtering under an Ar gas pressure of 2.66 Pa (20 mTorr). Next, the Ar gas pressure was set to 0.67 Pa (5 mTorr), and using a target of 90 mol % (78Ni-18Fe-4Mo) and 10 mol % SiO2 (the figures in the brackets are at %, likewise hereinafter), a low Ku region was formed using RF magnetron sputtering. The thickness thereof was varied within a range of 0 to 10 nm. - Next, under an Ar gas pressure of 0.67 Pa (5 mTorr), using a target of 90 mol % (85Co-15Pt) and 10 mol % SiO2, a high Ku region was formed using RF magnetron sputtering. The thickness thereof was varied within a range of 5 to 20 nm. Next, a 10 nm-thick carbon protective layer was formed using DC magnetron sputtering, and then the substrate was removed from the vacuum, whereby a magnetic recording medium having a constitution as shown in
FIG. 1 was produced. - Note that for an NiFeMo—SiO2 single-layer film and a CoPt—SiO2 single-layer film each of
thickness 10 nm formed on the nonmagnetic underlayer as described above, the Ku values determined using a magnetic torque meter and correcting for the demagnetizing field energy were 2×104 erg/cm3 and 4×106 erg/cm3 respectively. -
FIG. 2 is a graph showing the changes with the thickness of the low Ku region in the coercivity Hc value measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer while applying a magnetic field in the direction perpendicular to the film plane for each of the perpendicular magnetic recording media produced. Moreover,FIG. 3 is a graph showing the changes with the thickness of the low Ku region in the decay rate of the remanent magnetization Mr with the logarithm of time in a state in which the magnetic field has been set to zero after magnetically saturating by applying a magnetic field of 20 kOe in the direction perpendicular to the film plane for each of the perpendicular magnetic recording media produced. Note that the time period over which measurement was continued was 30 minutes. Moreover, inFIGS. 2 and 3 , the data is plotted for three high Ku region thicknesses, that is 5 nm, 10 nm and 20 nm. - As is clear from
FIG. 2 , the value of the coercivity Hc decreases as the thickness of the low Ku region (nm) increases. This shows that upon increasing the proportion of the magnetic recording layer taken up by the low Ku region, Hc of the magnetic recording layer as a whole decreases, and hence writing with a magnetic head becomes easier. - On the other hand, as is clear from
FIG. 3 , the decay rate of the remanent magnetization (%/decade) generally first decreases as the thickness of the low Ku region increases from 0 to approximately 5 nm, although this does depend on the thickness of the high Ku region. This is because KuV for the film as a whole increases in accordance with the increase in the thickness of the low Ku layer, and this corresponds to the thermal stability increasing. If the thickness of the low Ku region is further increased, then the contribution of the low Ku region increases, and hence the decay rate again increases, but combining with the results ofFIG. 2 , it can be seen that by suitably controlling the thicknesses of the low Ku region and the high Ku region, a medium for which Hc is low and hence writing with a magnetic head is easy, and moreover the thermal stability of the magnetization is high with the decay rate of the magnetization being low can be produced. This is further verified in Example 2 below. - Note that detailed description will be omitted, but because nonmagnetic grain boundaries comprising mainly SiO2 were formed, a good SNR is obtained for the magnetic recording layer in the present example.
- The present example relates to verifying the overwrite characteristic for magnetic recording media of the present invention.
- Magnetic recording media having a constitution as shown in
FIG. 1 were produced as in Example 1, except that the thickness of the low Ku region was fixed at 2.5 nm and the thickness of the high Ku region was fixed at 10 nm, and the composition of the target used when forming the low Ku region was made to be any of five types (A to E) as shown in Table 1 below. Furthermore, after each medium had been removed from the vacuum, 2 nm of a liquid lubricant comprising a perfluoropolyether was applied thereon by spin coating. Note that in Table 1, the Ku value determined using a magnetic torque meter and correcting for the demagnetizing field energy for a 10 nm-thick low Ku region single-layer film formed on the nonmagnetic underlayer as described in Example 1 is also shown. -
TABLE 1 Target used Ku (erg/cm3) A: 90 mol % (78Ni—18Fe—4Mo)—10 mol % SiO2 2 × 104 B: 90 mol % (60Ni—40Fe)—10 mol % SiO2 5 × 104 C: 90 mol % (78Co—22Cr)—10 mol % SiO2 1.5 × 105 D: 90 mol % (75Co—20Cr—5Pt)—10 mol % SiO2 5 × 105 E: 90 mol % (85Co—15Pt)—10 mol % SiO2 4 × 106 -
FIG. 4 shows the dependence of the overwrite characteristic value for the magnetic recording media produced (the five media A to E in Table 1) on the Ku value of the low Ku region. For the overwrite characteristic, a 300 kFCI signal was initially written using a spin stand tester and a perpendicular magnetic recording single pole type head (written track width 0.25 μm), a 40 kFCI signal was then written thereover, and then the overwrite characteristic was determined as the ratio (in dB) between the 40 kFCI signal component and the remaining 300 kFCI signal component out of the frequency components of the playback signal as measured using a spectrum analyzer. The larger the value of the overwrite characteristic, the less the original signal remains. - Note that ‘FCI’ above is an abbreviation for ‘flux changes per inch’ and is an amount showing the number of magnetic flux changes per inch, i.e. the recording density of written bits in the track direction. For example, the above ‘300 kFCI’ indicates that 300×1000=300,000 bits were written per inch. Moreover, ‘1.E+05’ on the horizontal axis in
FIG. 4 means ‘1×105’. - It can be seen from Table 4 that, in the case that the Ku value of the low Ku region is less than 1×105 erg/cm3, the overwrite
characteristic reaches 40 dB, which is level at which there is no problem for practical use, whereas if the Ku value is greater than this, then the overwrite characteristic deteriorates, meaning that there will be problems in terms of writing characteristics. Note that with all of the media, the decay rate of the remanent magnetization Mr with the logarithm of time in a state in which the magnetic field has been set to zero after magnetically saturating by applying a magnetic field of 20 kOe in the direction perpendicular to the film plane of the medium was less than 1%.
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